A random collection of over 1910 books and audiobooks authored by or about my transgender, intersex sisters, and gender-nonconforming persons all over the world. I read some of them, and I was inspired by some of them. I met some of the authors and heroines, some of them are my best friends, and I had the pleasure and honor of interviewing some of them. If you know of any transgender biography that I have not covered yet, please let me know.
"Teulaenseujendeoui yeogsa - hyeondae migug teulaenseujendeo undong-ui ilon, yeogsa, jeongchi" (History of Transgender - Theory, History, and Politics of the Transgender Movement in the Contemporary United States - 트랜스젠더의 역사 - 현대 미국 트랜스젠더 운동의 이론, 역사, 정치) is the Korean language edition of "Transgender History" by Susan Stryker.
"Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender History takes a chronological approach to the subject of transgender history, with each chapter covering major movements, writings, and events.
Chapters cover the transsexual and transvestite communities in the years following World War II; trans radicalism and social change, which spanned from 1966 with the publication of The Transsexual Phenomenon, and lasted through the early 1970s; the mid-’70s to 1990—the era of identity politics and the changes witnessed in trans circles through these years; and the gender issues witnessed through the ’90s and ’00s."
2016,
Korean,
South Korea,
Susan Stryker,
Original title: "Teulaenseujendeoui jeongcheseong-gwa jeog-eung" 트랜스젠더의 정체성과 적응 (Transgender Identity and Adaptation) by Hyon-mi Nam 남현미.
In the fixed and normative notion of gender divided into male and female in our society, the "people who live differently" such as transsexuals, transvestites, and heterosexual dressers were analyzed and described in a sociocultural context, in order to uncover the conflict between their identities and lives.
2008,
Korean,
South Korea,
"Bakkueonaganeun yong-gi: gwan-yongsahoeleul hyanghan teulaenseujendeo jeongchiin-ui geochim-eobsneun yeojeong" - 바꾸어나가는 용기: 관용사회를 향한 트랜스젠더 정치인의 거침없는 여정 (Courage to Change: A Transgender Politician's Unstoppable Journey to a Tolerant Society) is the Korean language edition of Aya Kamikawa's "Kaete yuku yūki - `seidōitsuseishōgai' no watashi kara" - 変えてゆく勇気－「性同一性障害」の私から (The Courage to Change: From Me with Gender Identity Disorder).
According to Wikipedia, Aya Kamikawa, born in 1968, is a Japanese politician and transgender activist, and member of the Setagaya Ward Assembly in Tokyo (5th term). She is the most successful transgender politician in Japan.
2016,
Aya Kamikawa,
Korean,
Original title: "Ibeuga doen adam halisu" 이브가 된 아담 하리수 (Eve from Adam).
Harisu, a Korean transgender woman who started out as a cosmetics CF model, known for her lead role in the movie "Yellow Hair 2" and active in the entertainment industry as a singer and model, candidly shares her life in this book. It is a collection of photo essays with her photos and videos.
She writes about how she decided to undergo gender reassignment surgery, her complicated feelings about love, marriage, and family, and her thoughts on life as a transgender person from childhood to the present.
She said that she shared her thoughts in the book because she couldn't do it on television.
In addition, there are more than 100 color photographs taken in Italy, making it a great photo book for such a celebrity as Harisu.
Fluent in Japanese because of her experience studying in Japan, she signed a contract with a Japanese production company to release two albums in both Korea and Japan. It is a book that gives a glimpse of her living confidently as a "woman more beautiful than a woman."
2001,
Harisu,
Korean,
South Korea,
